Covered button



L. ROSENBERG COVERED BUTTON Nov. 27, 1923 1,475,723

Filed July 9. 1921 l NVENTOR Iowosenerj,

midfw( ATTORNEY ialov. 227, 3.9233.,

met 'et i k s, it @am A licaton filed .ul 9 Seial in; s334591 To @ZZiti/tom t may concern.: narts as will be hereinafter more fully de- .Beit known that l, Leiris losannnne, ec i" .'lustratcd in the accompanyingcitizen ot the United States, and a resit and subsequently incorporatedin dent of the city of `New York, State oi" tl e suojoined claims.

o New York, have invented certain new and lil the drawing wherein l havedisclosed useful linprovements in Covered Buttons, several desirable andpractical,embodiments of which the following is a specification. or" theinvention and in which similar refrl`his invention relates to buttonsand ei'ence characters designate corresponding similar articles andincre particularly, to parts tln'oughout the several views: lo a coveredbutton such as is commonly used igllre l is a diametrieal sectional viewupon garments when it is desired to eliminate the contrast between thematerial of the button and the material of the garnient.

Such covered 4buttons as are common in the art have heretofore been sewnor attached to the garment by hand, a time consuming and laboriousoperation. ln such constructions the material is gathered through acovered button showing one construction ot my invention;

Figure 2 is a Yiront elevation7 a part of the covering material beingbroken-away;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation;

Figure is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view;

Figures 5, 6,7, and 8 are views respectively in a tutt at the center ofthe rear side of corresponding to Figures l to L and illus 75 the buttonso as to provide holding means trating a slightly inodiiied iorin ot'the intor the thread. As is well known, this ntion;

means ot attachment for the button is more d' iigure 9 is an enlargedYfragmentary eleor less insecure so that the button frequently rationillustrating the manner in which the becomes detached and lost. threadsare held out of contact with the it is the primary purpose and'object otedges of the needle guide openings; and the present invention to providea covered Figure-pl lO, ll, l2 and 18 are views corbutton which can bereadily attached to responding to Figures l to 4l and showing thematerial of the garment by machine. s ill another embodimentotthe'invention. .ln the accompanying drawing l have dis- Referring indetail to the drawings and .,o @105951 Sovera] embodiments of theinvenmore particularly to Figures l to l thereof, 5 y

tion each of .which is characterized by the designates the 'lirontsection et the button provision of a two part metallic body, each bodyand @the rear section thereof. .Each ot olf the partshaving a marginalflange and these body sections is constructed troni a being soconstructed that the edge ot the single sheet inet-al plate, the sectionG being covering material is securely gripped or in the i'orin of anannulus having an openclainped between thelanges, the said maing T ofrelatively large diameter. Each terial extending over the front side otthe ot these metallic sections ot the button body button bodyand one otthe parts ot the is provided upon its edge with an annulaimetallic bodyhaving a plurality ot spaced `mf 1ginal flange Sand 9 respectively, saidneedle guide openings which are entirely tlages extending at rightangles to the concealed from view by the covering plane ot the metalplate from which the terial. body section is formed.

.ln one ot' the suggested constructions of The iront section 5 of thebutton body is the invention .l propose to use a disc z cardboard orother similar material intr-s'- guide openings l0 equi-distantly spacedposed between the two parte of the button troni each other andconcentricall'yv located body and likewise having spaced openings withrespect to the axial center line et the aligned with the needle guideopenings but button. These needle guide openings are of smaller diameter.than the latter so as to so spaced and grouped that ythey are all holdthe thread str-ands away from the edges disposed within the area oi"-the opening 7. et the openings in the metal part and thus The fabriccovering material shown at obviate the possible cutting oic the saine.ll is adapted to be tightly drawn over the l-lith the above and otherobjects in view, 1 surface ot the button section and the inventionconsists in the improved-button construction and in the torni,properinrther provided with a plurality of needle ioo section 6 of thebutton is then inserted within the flange 8 as clearly shown in Figure lso that the edge of the material is tightly compressed or clampedbetween said flanges. The relative diameteil of the flanges 8 and 9 issuch that considerable pressure must be applied to the button section 6in order to assemble the saine with the section 5 whereby its flange 9is placed under tension. rllhere is thus a constant clamping and holdingpressure of the flanges 8 and 9 upon the edge of the material so that itcannot become loosened or detached from the body of the button.

In the sewing of a button constructed in the manner described, upon thegarmens,

4the button is positioned in the sewing inachine in the same manner asthe ordinary button of bone or composition material having needle O'uideopenings. The needle first penetrates through the material l1 and passesthrough one of the guide openings 10, then through the opening 7 andthrough the material of the garment. After several thread loops havebeen drawn through one of the openings, the needle then carries thethread across the face of the covering material ll and is reciprocatedthrough another of the openings l0 in the usual manner. Thus the buttonmay be very tightly sewn to the garment and as the guide openings l0 forthe needle are entirely covered by the material 11, they will not bevisible, and only the securing thread will be seen upon the surface ofthe material. By the provision of a covered button of this constructionwhich can be rapidly secured upon the garment by maw chine, considerableeconomy may be realized in the manufacturing cost of such garn'ients.

In Figures 5 to 9 inclusive, I have shown another slightly Vmodifiedconstruction in which the parts of the button body are ot identicallytheV same construction as those above referred to, but in addition, Iprovide a disc 12 of cardboard or other suitable material which isinterposed between the spaced plates from which these button sectionsare formed. The inner edge of the annular metallic section 6 of thebutton engages tightly against the rear side of this disc so that it isclosely confined between the sections the button. The disc l2 isprovided with spaced openings 13 which are grouped in the same manner asthe openings l0 in the front section 5 of the button and' are inregistering relation with the latter openings. It is to be noted.however, that the openings 13 in the disc l2 are of a less diameter thanthe openings l0, such vconstruction being clearly disclosed in Figures6, 8 and 9.

In the latter figure, it will be noted that the attaching threads T arecompactly held within the openings i3 of the disc and away from theedges of the openings l() in the metal button section 5. Thus it isapparent that in the lateral pull or strain upon die button, the threadswill not come in contact with the edges of the openings lf3 which wouldprobably result in the cutting or severance of the threads.

In Figures l0 to 13 of the drawings, i have disclosed anotherconstruction where in the front section 5 of the button bod).Y is in theform of a metal annulus while the rear section 6 is of disc form. 'Illiametal body sections, however, are provided with the marginal flanges asabove referred to for securely clamping and holding the edge of thecovering material which eX- tends over the annulus 5. In this case therear metal section 6 of the button is provided with the spaced needleguide opcnings l0. As no support is provided for the central portion ofthe covering material7 the attaching threads will draw the matcrial inslightly towards the rear section 6 of the button, and for this reason,Jthis form of the invention may not be so desirable. It will bemanifest, however, that it desired, the disc l2 may also be used inconnection with this construction and confined within the marginalflange of the button section 6.

Frein the foregoing description coin sidcred in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction and several advantages of thevarious illustrated embodiments of the invention will be readilyunderstood. The covered button of my invention can be constructed invarious sizes and of different ornamental shapes as might be requiredand by attaching the same to the garment by machine inthe same manner asthe ordinary uncovered button, maximum security and at the same time,neatness in appearance with economy in production is obtained.

While I have above referred to several practica-l embodiments of thedevice, it will nevertheless be understood that the invention might alsobe embodied in various other alternative forms, and I accordinglyreserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes in theform, proportion and relative arrangement of the several parts as may befairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

l. A button of the character described comprising a body section, asecond body section co-acting therewith covering material adapted to beextended over the side of the first-mentioned body section opposite fromthe second body section, said sections having means for clamping thecovering material in position on the first-mentioned section, and saidfirst-mentioned section being provided with spaced needle guide openingsconcealed by the covering material.

2. A butt-on of the character described comprising two body sectionshaving annular marginal flanges, a sheet of Covering niaterial extendingover the side of one of said body sections, the edge of said materialeX- tending between said flanges and being clampingly held thereby, andsaid body section over Which the covering extends having a plurality ofspaced needle guide openings therein concealed by said material.

3. A button of the character described comprising two sheet metal bodysections each having an annular clamping flange, a sheet of coveringmaterial extending over one side of one of said body sections and havingits edge clampingly held by said flanges, the other of the body sectionsbeing `provided With an aperture and said first named section having aplurality of spaced needle guide openings therein, concealed by thecovering material and grouped Within the area of said aperture.

et. A button of the character described comprising a body sectionprovided With spaced needle guide openings, covering matei-iai adaptedto be extended over one side of said body section so as to conceal saidopenings, and means co-acting with said body section on the sideopposite from the covering material to secure the covering` material inplace on said body section,

5. A button of the character described comprising a body section havinga transversely extending flange and provided with spaced needle guideopenings arranged concentrically in the central portion of the section,covering material adapted to be extended over one side of said sectionand over the outer and inner sides of said flange, and a second sectionco-acting With said flange to clamp the covering material in place onthe first-mentioned section, said second section being formed With acentral aperture of greater diameter than the circle defined by theneedle guide openings so as to permit a needle to pass entirely throughthe button at any of said openings.

6. A button of the character described comprised o' tvvo sections and asheet of covering material, one of said sections constituting a backingyfor the covering material and being formed with needle guide openingsconcealed by the covering material and the other section being operableto clamp the covering material on th-e first.- mentioned section.

7. A button of the character described comprisinga bottom section, a topsection formed with needle. guide openings, and a sheet of coveringmaterial extending over the top section and concealing said openings.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name hereunder.

LOUIS ROSENBERG.

